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Extent: 4 linear feet (the collection consists of twenty-five folders in three archival boxes, two boxes of five-by-eight inch catalogue
cards, and a three-by-five file box of photograph catalogue cards)

The Antigua Guatemala expeditions were conducted in 1969 and 1970 by Dr. Ruben Reina. Originally from Argentina, Dr. Reina
received his B.A. at the University of Michigan and his M.A. at Michigan State University. He completed his Ph.D. at the University
of North Carolina followed by a Research Assistantship at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Reina began his career at the University of Pennsylvania after teaching at the University
of Puerto Rico. He became a Professor in the Anthropology Department in 1967 and assumed the position of Curator of Latin
American Ethnology, American Section of the Penn Museum. Dr. Reina spent 34 years at the University, becoming Professor Emeritus
in 1990. The expeditions to Guatemala yielded three boxes of field notes and drawings, a catalogue of findings, extensive
information on native ceramic pottery, and photographs. In addition, Dr. Reina's trips produced a file of five-by-eight catalogue
and excavation unit cards and an additional photograph catalogue file of three-by-five cards. Both of the card files are housed
separately in smaller archival boxes.

title

Antigua, Guatemala expedition records

creator

Reina, Ruben E., 1924-

id

PU-Mu. 1134

repository

University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum Archives

extent

4 linear feet (the collection consists of twenty-five folders in three archival boxes, two boxes of five-by-eight inch catalogue
cards, and a three-by-five file box of photograph catalogue cards)

inclusive date

1968-1973

bulk date

1969-1970

abstract/scope/contents

The Antigua Guatemala expeditions were conducted in 1969 and 1970 by Dr. Ruben Reina. Originally from Argentina, Dr. Reina
received his B.A. at the University of Michigan and his M.A. at Michigan State University. He completed his Ph.D. at the University
of North Carolina followed by a Research Assistantship at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Reina began his career at the University of Pennsylvania after teaching at the University
of Puerto Rico. He became a Professor in the Anthropology Department in 1967 and assumed the position of Curator of Latin
American Ethnology, American Section of the Penn Museum. Dr. Reina spent 34 years at the University, becoming Professor Emeritus
in 1990. The expeditions to Guatemala yielded three boxes of field notes and drawings, a catalogue of findings, extensive
information on native ceramic pottery, and photographs. In addition, Dr. Reina's trips produced a file of five-by-eight catalogue
and excavation unit cards and an additional photograph catalogue file of three-by-five cards. Both of the card files are housed
separately in smaller archival boxes.

Ruben Reina was born in 1924 in Argentina and educated at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His first appointment was as an Instructor of Anthropology and Sociology at Women's College
at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Reina followed this teaching experience with an Assistant Professorship in Anthropology
at the University of Puerto Rico for the academic year 1956-1957 and then assumed an Assistant Professorship in the Anthropology
Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Ruben E. Reina's fieldwork began while he was an undergraduate with expeditions
in the Guatemalan Highlands, Mexico, and a mountain community in North Carolina. Subsequent trips took him to Puerto Rico;
Peten, Guatemala; British Honduras; the Yucatan; Argentina; Spain; Brazil; British Guiana; Turkey; Iran(Hasanlu expedition);
and Antigua, Zunil, and Coban, Guatemala. Dr. Reina also did extensive ethnohistoric research at the Archivo General de Indias
in Seville Spain. The Ruben E. Reina papers consist of two archival boxes of correspondence, field notes, writings, Penn Museum
exhibits, photographs and films.

title

Ruben E. Reina Papers

creator

Reina, Ruben E., 1924-

id

PU-Mu. 1156

repository

University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum Archives

extent

2.5 linear feet

inclusive date

1954-2003

bulk date

1960-1965

abstract/scope/contents

Ruben Reina was born in 1924 in Argentina and educated at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His first appointment was as an Instructor of Anthropology and Sociology at Women's College
at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Reina followed this teaching experience with an Assistant Professorship in Anthropology
at the University of Puerto Rico for the academic year 1956-1957 and then assumed an Assistant Professorship in the Anthropology
Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Ruben E. Reina's fieldwork began while he was an undergraduate with expeditions
in the Guatemalan Highlands, Mexico, and a mountain community in North Carolina. Subsequent trips took him to Puerto Rico;
Peten, Guatemala; British Honduras; the Yucatan; Argentina; Spain; Brazil; British Guiana; Turkey; Iran(Hasanlu expedition);
and Antigua, Zunil, and Coban, Guatemala. Dr. Reina also did extensive ethnohistoric research at the Archivo General de Indias
in Seville Spain. The Ruben E. Reina papers consist of two archival boxes of correspondence, field notes, writings, Penn Museum
exhibits, photographs and films.